to that driveway portion that's right where it seemed she accelerated again." )) ((mauricio marin)) police still have not said how fast holloway was going on that portion of the sidewalk. nassar says he tried running after the vehicle to get her to stop but it was too late. ((mauricio marin)) authorities will likely rely heavily on what witnesses like nassar reported to police to help keep hollaway behind bars. at the same time---detectives say surveillance video evidence is playing a big role in the case...to show it was intentional. reporting live...mauricio marin. 8 news now. ((paul joncich)) > mauricio...we know now police believe this was intentional? but do they think she planned the whole thing out. in other words, was this a pre meditated act.? ((mauricio marin)) that's still one of the big question that lingers in the investigation. they're still digging into holloway's past and talking with people she knows to see why she may have done this. and to see if she had planned it or if it was a heat of the back to you./// ((denise valdez)) > a woman who hit and killed a man before fleeing the scene last year... told the family she is sorry today: (( galina kilova/sentenced i know you lost a friend, you lost a husband, you lost a grandfather, he was everything to you, he was part of your family, i am really, really sorry about that )) ((denise valdez)) 30-year-old galina kilova was given the maximum sentence of six to 15 years in prison for running over and killing 63- year old michael grubbs during the 2014 thanksgiving weekend. she turned herself into police a week later. she was given credit for 370 days she has already spent in jail. grubbs' sister vicky fortune says she hopes kilova learns from her mistake: (( vicky fortune/sister of michael grubbs' so i wish her the best, i really do. both sides were hurt terribly, not just her family, but ours also, and i need to keep that in our minds, there were no winners )) ((denise valdez)) kilova claimed she did not know she had hit a person until she later saw the damage to her car. the judge did not believe her. grubbs was pushing a baby stroller at the time.. but the baby is okay./// ((denise valdez)) > you can tell us how you feel about this case on the 8 news now facebook page. christine boucher said: she killed a man, knew she did it and decided to spend the holidays with her family before facing the music. this is all she gets? i bet that man's family wishes they could see him again in six years. disgusting. and debra sue said:the victims family got a life sentence./// ((denise valdez)) > bail was set at one million dollars for a man charged in a shooting that left a metro officer injured. police say 38- year-old teag fox shot at the officers while they were investigating a domestic call he was not involved in. police say he then evaded police by hitching a ride with his boss.. who was unaware of what had just during a press conference this morning... undersheriff kevin mcmahill credited a good samaritan for keeping the officer safe after he was shot. he's expected to make a full recovery. fox is charged with attempted murder and battery with a deadly weapon against an officer./// ((paul joncich)) > rooftop solar customers in nevada will soon be seeing their costs go up. . the public utilities commission is adopting a new rate structure... and solar companies say this may eventually kill the industry in nevada. the amount n-v energy pays customers for excess energy produced by their panels will go down. and the flat service rate solar customers pay n-v energy will be going up. the hike will be phased in over the next five years. exact dollar amounts are not yet worked out.. but could be announced next week. the p-u-c explained the move by saying the current structure shifts costs from solar customers to non-solar customers./// ((denise valdez)) > setting out on the right path: (( "he said, i don't understand. you're a police officer, you and now you're helping me)) ((paul joncich)) whether it was the christmas spirit or just plain kindness....see how an officer responded to a man hey, is that it? i think that's it. oh! go amanda! we love you! announcer: you're watching 8 news now at 4 with denise valdez and paul joncich. the news of southern nevada is now. ((paul joncich)) > army sergeant bowe bergdahl made a court appearance before a military judge today. bergdahl was arraigned in north carolina on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. he deferred entering a plea. afghanistan in 2009... and was held by the taliban for five years until he was swapped for five guantanamo bay detainees in may of 2014. if convicted of desertion.. he could serve up to five years in prison./// ((denise valdez)) > presidential candidate bernie sanders will be back in las vegas next week. the campaign has not released the date or details of his he has also previous announced plans to be here january sixth for a dinner hosted by senator harry reid. all three democratic candidates plan to be at that dinner. the sanders camapign is also launching an ad campaign in nevada.. with a commercial highlight what they call "the senators history of standing up for working families and for principle." /// ((paul joncich)) > the state says it cannot follow through on a plan to conduct a study on uber and lyft background checks. the transportation authority says they do not have the authority to force drivers of the two ride- hailing companies to participate. background checks were one of the major sticking points when the bills were passed in the legislature. the study was meant to determine if fbi background and fingerprinting are more effective than the tests the two companies currently do./// ((denise valdez)) > a gesture of kindness from an arresting officer towards a suspect left each with a smile. a man in south carolina tried to walk out of a wal-mart wearing a 22 dollar pair of tennis shoes he did not pay for. the man had just got out of jail after a six month stay on and was trying to get home.. but only had a flimsy pair of jail flipflops: (( lt. keith willis: - "we went through the booking process when i realized he was just trying to make a choice between getting in trouble and walking all the way to the next town with no shoes.")) ((denise valdez)) so lieutenant keith willis called his wife.. who runs the homeless outreach with their church.. and had her bring a bag of clothes and pair of shoes for the man./// ((paul joncich)) > changing seasons. the normally warm western u-s is cold.. and the normally cold eastern part of the country is warm. next.. the abnormal christmas weather setting records across the country... ((denise valdez)) slow down on flamingo. we break down the changing cone zones on a popular stretch of choice for news. this is 8 news now at 4. ((denise valdez)) > snow is pummeling parts of the west and pacific northwest. ((paul joncich)) but it's a warm christmas in the midwest and northeast.. where many areas are experiencing record highs. jericka duncan is in new york's central park.. where the weather is just fine: nat: "it's beautiful, today, degrees in buffalo, it was beautiful enough for waders and walks in the park. in a city that was slammed by 7 feet of lake effect snow last year... temperatures this week are more likely to inspire long walks on the beach. ( eric fisher/wbz-tv meteorologist) "that's certainly right look at buffalo on wednesday up to 61 degrees one of many record highs to be set from great lakes down to ohio valley the focus on christmas eve moves to the northeast down to the mid- atlantic numerous record highs were talking 60s and 70s the warmest christmas eve anyone alive has seen in that area." more than 2,600 record high temperatures have been tied or broken across the lower 48 states this month. in washington dc cherry blossoms arrived months ahead of schedule. (mos) "it doesn't feel like christmas yet." (youtube with no snow) but nowhere is this tale of 2 climates more obvious than the ski slopes. this connecticut resort can't even keep the fake snow from melting. while in colorado, the real snow just keeps coming... (nat video) skiiers here are larger cold weather band... stretching from park city... up to spokane. ( dan petersen/noaa) "this is a tale of west vs east // we're just waiting to see if the stormy conditions will come east or not. (standup close: jericka duncan/cbs news/new york, ny) "and meteorologists say this unseasonably warm, beautiful nino factor. jericka duncan, cbs news, new york." ((denise valdez)) > it's still chilly here in las vegas. ((paul joncich)) tedd florendo is in front of a house full of christmas cheer.. to tell us what we can expect over the holiday weekend... < tedd florendo >((skies have more sunshine this afternoon. still some clodus around and it's actually mild today. wind did not materialize to the gusty category and right now they're mainly less than 10 through many neighborhoods. ............................... ............ here's your christmas day forecast. looks like we'll be on the chilly side in the high 40's only with partly cloudy skies and breezy winds. also slight chances for an a.m. shower is possible. although that could be mainly early, early morning. ............................... ............... let's go over to the satellite and radar compostie and we're still seeing some snow in the higher terrain of the state. you can see the skies clearing, but we still have some clouds that will roll in again overnight. again more of the rain really slamming the pacific northwest and in the sierras changing over to snow. ............................... ................. you can get your local ski report from us here t 8 newsnow. just go to las vegasnow-dot- com and head over to the sections tab and over to weather. then scroll down to the ski report. ............................... tonight expect a low of 43 degress and chilly with scattered clouds overnght. winds less than 10 mph expect and dry. tomorrow expect a high of 57 degrees with both clouds and sun tomorrow. temps should be seasonal for this time of year and the winds again should remain light. ............................... ........................ here's your extended forecast. windy on christmas eve night with slight shower chances as well. colder on christmas day and staying that way all weekend. more winds on saturday and slightly milder by next week, but cold in the morning.))> construction begins on flamingo this week. demetria obilor shows you where crews will be...and how to steer clear of it all... in "what's driving you crazy?" (( )) demetria obilor: > another week, another cone zone, right? crews continue working to improve flamingo road on the west and east sides of town. for the next two weeks, expect intermittent lane closures between grand canyon drive and rainbow boulevard. crews will be removing and flamingo between rainbow and decatur will continue to run slow for median work over the next three weeks. crews are building bus stops east of i- 15, between paradise and eastern. expect to see crews out overnight with some lane restriction in the daytime. electrical work between eastern avenue and sandhill road continues overnight between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. tropicana avenue and desert inn road are alternates. hey! what's driving you crazy? send your traffic question to traffic eight at las vegas now dot com. ((paul joncich)) > a once in a lifetime sneak peek: ((( heather widney/columbus oh) : "i was freaking out i was at costco and i'm looking at my ((denise valdez)) the two dozen people who won a contest to see a baby panda before the public.. and their reactions to the announcer: now nevada's first choice for news. this is 8 news now at 4. ((denise valdez)) > christmas came early for some panda lovers. the smithsonian national zoo's newest panda cub won't make his first public appearance until january 16-th. but cbs reporter weija jiang tells us how some panda fans got to meet the bears in person: < nats bei bei five million people have clicked on the he was born four months ago. so when the national zoo ran an instagram video competition for a chance to get up close to the zoo's biggest star. nats.. .the response was overwhelming. ( pamela baker- masson/associat e director of communication s, smithsonian national zoo) "it was really heartening to know that we struck a chord." (weijia jiang/cbs news/washingto n, dc) "not only did the videos show people's passion for pandas - but also why saving this endangered species is so important." the 25 winners came from across the country. "everyone knows i like panda's but my husband thinks i'm obsessed." heather widney says she went a little nuts when she found out she won. ( heather widney/columbu s oh) "i was freaking out i was at costco and i'm looking at my email like aaaa i won i won." the winners had the opportunity to go inside the panda habitat. they met the zoo keepers, operated the panda cam, and watched the pandas paint. and when they laid eyes on the main attraction, nats - gasp - it was panda- monium the michigan when their 13 year old daughter olivia made the cut. ( james bartunek/lake orion, mi) "we had to wait a long time and then she was so excited it was beyond belief jumping up and down." ( olivia bartunek/lake orion, mi) "it's one of my bigger christmas presents i've ever gotten." the zoo hopes the winners will become digital ambassadors for the pandas. and they expect many more to take up the cause after bei bei makes his first public appearance next month. weija jiang cbs news washington > ((denise valdez)) > you can see more on the smithsonians instagram page... use the hashtag panda story./// ((paul joncich)) > rudolph continues to be the most popular reindeer. the firm public policy polling asked people which reindeer they liked the most... and rudolph came in at 46 percent. he was followed by dasher at 9 percent.. prancer at 6 percent. donner came in last at 3 percent. 15 percent said they were undecided on who their favorite reindeer was. ((denise valdez)) > stopping ((paul joncich)) the high tech gifts thieves are hoping to hack into this holiday.. and how to make sure you're announcer: "now, nevada's first choice for news. ((paul joncich)) > in just a few days many of you will be opening up new gadgets and technology gifts. ((denise valdez)) but you might want to take some precautions before setting up the high tech gifts. 8 on your side consumer advicate michelle mortensen is here to tell us about a plan hackers have announced to attack your holiday haul. michelle? ((michelle mortensen)) > if santa gives you is a smart watch or a fitness tracker this holiday..... beware. hackers ... may have a plan to hijack it. i know it sounds crazy..... but ... bruce snell with intel told me hackers released their concept plan about this months ago. they don't want to hack your step count .. or mess with your calories.... all they want is to access your bluetooth. once they have access to that ... they have access to your phone. and then they have access to your apps, your passwords, and all your accounts. so how can you protect yourself? new device to your phone ... make sure your software is updated. ((bruce: so if your mobile device is up to date and you got the latest patches and the latest security up dates :22 that goes a long way to make sure that your your devices isn't hacked :26 )) bruce says hackers can also easily access your children's high tech toys ... so be careful as to what type of personal information you put in those toys if they ask you to upload anything like names and birth dates. ((denise valdez)) > if you procrastinated and have not shopping.. there is a new last minute option. ((paul joncich)) amazon prime customers in several cities.. .including las vegas.. can order certain items and have them delivered in hours. demarco morgan went inside an amazon fulfillment center to see how it's done. < while crowds of holiday shoppers on 34th street dart in and out of retail stores... five floors above.... employees bring some of the season's yuletide joy to your door in two hours or less. (nats) "one-hour!" using the 'prime now' app, last minute shoppers can choose from over 4000 items. amazon guarantees delivery of gifts , pantry items and electronics through chistmas eve until the clock strikes midnight. (-demarco and landry) one-hour, two-hour delivery. how does this change a retailer like amazon and also the competition? (stephanie landry) "well, it changes the game for customers, being able to get stuff delivered to you in an hour is a huge advantage. but it also is changing the game for our company too. we're adding more shopping days to the holiday season." urban fulfillment centers, (gfx in) now available in more than 20 cities including places like san francisco, houston, miami, and atlanta, are purposely centrally located. (gfx out) (stephanie landry) "there's no way that we can get things to people in an hour if we weren't in the center of the city." as soon as the order arrives, it's processed, bagged associate. amazon prime customers willing to shell out an extra 8 bucks will have their order in an hour. for those willing to wait two hours, the service is free. sylvester alderman will work from 6am to midnight on christmas eve - despite his family's wishes. (-sylvester alderman/amazo n) "i told them i will do work, and i will get off when i can, and i will see them when i get home." demarco morgan, cbs news, new york. ((denise valdez)) > starbucks is expecting a record number of gift card purchases on christmas eve. last year two- and-a half million starbucks cards were that equates to roughly 17- hundred cards per minute. folks in utah.. california.. and new mexico are the most likely to be hittinig up their minute gift. according to the national retail federation.. 10 percent of shoppers wait until december 23-rd to buy gifts./// ((paul joncich)) > the largest mall in the country is caught up in a legal battle with protesters. last year thousands of protesters from the black lives matter movement took over a rotunda on the mall of america in minneapolis. now the mall is suing them to try and cancel a protest planned for tomorrow. they are asking a court for a restraining order to stop the protest.. and social media posts about the event. the mall claims last year's protest kept an estimated 24- thousand people from visiting the mall./// ((denise valdez)) > if you have been driving around town checking out christmas lights.. you may have seen this house in the southern part of the valley on robindale. it mixes top 40 hits with christmas favorites for it's light show. now for his first weather.. tedd how many lights does it have? mild right now and above average across the region. we're still a little chilly in some spots thanks to that big trough in the jetstream and cooler air within in. but look over to the southern plain states where we're looking at milder weather again for the deep south as well. ............................... ............................... forecasted temps again expected to get chilly in the 40's by the time we reach our 11 o'clock newscast. not as cold as last week, but still chilly nonetheless. we'll show you when coming up in your full forecast. a teenager is on the run.: (((: sheriff dee ((paul joncich)) > a teenager is on the run.: (((: sheriff dee anderson/tarrant county, tx) "we're not quit looking for him and the longer he's gone the worse it's gonna be." )) ((denise valdez)) a texas sheriff weighs in on the search for a teen who skipped out on his probation after killing four news for the restaurant chain chipotle. health officials in kansas say someone who ate at the restaurant last month has tested positive for a new strain of e-coli. this is on top of four people in oklahoma and north dakota who tested posotive for the same strain. health officials predict seeing more cases soon. this comes on the heels of an outbreak of a separate strain in washington and oregon in october. reported 53 illnesses in that one./// ((paul joncich)) >police say they have new clues in their hunt for a fugitive texas teenager. ethan couch was on probation for killing four people in a drunk driving crash. now both he and his mother and missing.. and have been added to the national missing persons databases. omar villafranca is in fort worth texas with more on the search: locating this 2011 black ford pick-up could be the key to finding ethan couch. tarrant county authorities say the truck belongs to couch's mother tonya. they believe the mother and son may be on-the- run together. (sheriff dee anderson/tarra nt county, tx) "there's a possibility that she or they may be in that truck, we don't know that for a fact." over the weekend, a family member listed the 48- year-old as a missing person...but authorities haven't investigation. ( luke williams/crimina l defense attorney) "i think they would have to have specific evidence that she is intentionally hindering his apprehension earlier this month video emerged online that appears to show 18-year- old couch at a party with drinking- possibly violating his probation. a few days later, he disappeared. a texas judge sentenced couch to 10 years of probation after he killed four people in a 2013 drunk driving accident. his defense argued that couch, who was sixteen at the time, suffered from a controversial condition called affluenza - and blamed his irresponsible behavior on his wealthy, privileged upbringing. now authorities say, it's time for him to face the consequences of his actions. (: sheriff dee anderson/tarra nt county, tx) "we're not quit looking for him and the longer he's gone the worse it's gonna be." ( omar villafranca/cbs news/fort worth,tx) the f-b-i is also involved in the "investigation and the u.s. marshals are offering a five- thousand- dollar reward for tips that lead to an arrest. on monday, the law firm representing couch told cbs news they had heard no updates from their client. omar villafranca, cbs news, fort worth, texas." ((paul joncich)) the district state to move couch's case from juvenile to adult criminal court. if he is caught now.. he would be in a juvenile detention facility until he is 19.. which is in four months. they want him locked up for much longer./// ((denise valdez)) > we'll be right, and we'll visit tedd at this is 8 news now at 4. ((paul joncich)) > christmas will have a rare full moon for the time in decades. nasa says the it will peak at about 3 in the morning our time. it is actually called a full cold moon because it shows up the last christmas full moon was in 19- 77. the next one will be in 19 years. a nasa spacecraft is actually orbiting the moon as well.. investigating it's lunar surface./// ((denise valdez)) > there are plenty of sights to see before christmas.. including many of the decked out houses around the valley. ((dave courvoisier)) tedd florendo is at one near robindale and the 215 with your forecast.. tedd... < tedd florendo >((skies have more sunshine this afternoon. still some clodus around and it's actually mild today. wind did not materialize to the gusty category and right now they're mainly less than 10 through many neighborhoods. ............................... ............ here's your christmas day forecast. looks like we'll be on the chilly side in the high 40's only with partly cloudy skies and breezy winds. also slight chances for an a.m. shower is possible. although that could be mainly early, early morning. ............................... ............... let's go over to the satellite still seeing some snow in the higher terran of the state. you can see the skies clearing, but we still have some clouds that will roll in again overnight. again more of the rain really slamming the pacific northwest and in the sierras changing over to snow. ............................... ................. you can get your local ski report from us here at 8 newsnow. just go to las vegasnow-dot- com and head over to the sections tab and over to weather. then scroll down to the ski report. ............................... .................. tonight expect a low of 43 degress and chilly with scattered clouds overnght. winds less than 10 mph expect and dry. tomorrow expect a high of 57 degrees with both clouds and sun tomorrow. temps should be seasonal for this time of year and the winds again should remain light. ............................... ........................ here's your extended forecast. windy on christmas eve night with slight shower chances as well. colder on christmas day and staying that way all weekend. more winds on saturday and slightly milder by next week, ((denise valdez)) > hundreds of people gathered at stonehenge in britian today to celebrate the winter solstice. they hoped to watch the sun rise on the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. wiccan witch -- inbaal honigman -- says the ceremony reminds and spring will come again: (( (english) inbaal honigman, wicca (white) witch: if we go back to ancient times, they didn't have any proof that any of this would happen, so they would bring evergreen branches home, because the evergreens - the mistletoe the holly - were symbols that nature is still alive despite appearances. )) ((denise valdez)) the ceremony features -- pagans.. and even a few unicorns. /// ((paul joncich)) > las vegas resident and actor nicholas cage says he will return a dinosaur skull he bought to it's rightful owner. cage says he had no idea it was stolen from mongolia. the skull is from a tyrannosaurus bataar.. which is indigenous to mongolia. laws in the country prohibt the export of their fossils. cage anonymously purchased it from an auction at a gallery in 2007. since he learned it was stolen he offered to give it up./// ((denise valdez)) > hacks.. rate hikes.. and ecoli. business stories of the year.. and the impact they have going forward. ((paul joncich)) plus.. a deadly crash on the las vegas strip has authorities looking at ways to keep pedestrians safe. tonight on 8 news now at five.. we explore the topic of road barriers again as a solution. what are the chances of it choice for news. this is 8 news now at 4. ((denise valdez)) > space-x successfully launched.. and then landed it's first rocket in six months. the crowds cheered as the rocket touched back down in cape canaveral florida. it was the first time the company managed to land the unmanned rocket on earth after a flight. it has failed three times before... including when one exploded after lift-off six months ago.. destroying two tons of nasa cargo. landing the rockets means they can be re- used and make future flights much cheaper./// ((paul joncich)) > in 2015, the u-s got it's first interest rate hike in nearly a decade. and cyber attacks shook up the corporate world.. as automakers were forced to admit they'd let down thier customers. jill wagner takes a look back at faulty takata airbags caused the recall of 20-million vehicles in the u-s alone. at least eight people have been killed worldwide, nearly a hundred injured from the airbags spraying shrapnel. (stephanie erdman/injured by airbag) it was terrifying. i thought i was going to bleed out. volkswagen admitted to using special software in 11- million vehicles to cheat on emissions tests. the ceo apologized but the scandal led to a steep drop in volkswagen sales. (herbert diess/volkswage n ceo) we will make sure that something like this never happens again cyber attacks shook up the corporate world. hackers broke into anthem health insurers, which runs blue cross blue shield plans. as many as 80-million customer records were exposed. three suspects were charged in a giant hacking scheme that targeted at least a dozen corporations. (preet bharara/us attorney for new york) the data breaches at these firms were breathtaking in scope and in size the new york stock exchange said it was =not= a cyber attack that halted a technical glitch shut down the exchange for nearly four hours. the =shutdown= was followed by a =meltdown.= the stock market had some of its sharpest declines in history when instability in foreign economies spooked wall street. (ben willis/nyse trader) "i've never seen the dow down 1000 points in one move. by the end of the year, the dow was nearly where it started. unemployment edged down to 5-percent....and the more robust job market led the federal reserve to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. oil prices plunged.and that gave consumers a break at the pump, where gas prices slipped to around 2- dollars a gallon. apple launched its smart watch. (tim cook/apple ceo) "the most advanced time piece ever created." in a pair of mega mergers, drug makers pfizer and allergan announced plans to join forces. and dow chemical agreed to merge with dupont, creating the second biggest chemical company in the world. --chipotle's stock took a tumble.. the restaurant chain scrambled outbreak.and then a bout of norovirus that sickened over a hundred students in boston. nats zuckerberg video facebook ceo mark zuckerberg and his wife priscilla chan welcomed a baby girl. and they promised to donate the bulk of their 45-billion dollar fortune to charity... a holiday gift to remember. jw, cbs news, new york paul joncich > that's all for us at 4. denise valdez 8 news now at five starts after this. don't forget.. we're always on at las vegas now dot com, on facebook and moments of the deadly strip crash: ((antonio nassar: "it wasn't until i heard what are you doing what are you doing to process and clicked for me man this is valdez)) witnesses recall what

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